See items below for current opportunities in the lab. We are always interested in recruiting motivated students to the CEE Lab; click through on the title of each individual item for more information. If you have ideas for specific projects, please contact us. If you are interested in seeking funding to work in our lab, opportunities exist for domestic students through NSERC and OGS, as well as other sources including the OFAH and a number of internal scholarships for Lakehead students.
PhD or Postdoctoral opportunity: Great Lakes lakemounts
We seek a motivated PhD student or Postdoctoral researcher to investigate hypotheses regarding the importance of lakemount environments as ecological ‘hotspots’ in the Great Lakes and their role in supporting offshore fish production. Thanks to funding from Parks Canada, the PhD stipend for the work is guaranteed at $30,000 CAD per year for three years and is open to both domestic and international students, with additional opportunities for scholarship funding for a 4th year, with an anticipated start date of May or September 2026.
MSc and/or PhD positions at the IISD Experimental Lakes Area available
The CEELab at Lakehead University is currently seeking students for two potential upcoming opportunities to begin in 2026.
MSc: Impacts of water diversion on fish populations The student will conduct field work and evaluate long-term data from Lake 626 to evaluate the impacts of water diversion on the fish community (data collection spanning 2008-2025). The student will implement mark-recapture models to estimate abundance in tagged fish in several populations and assess relative abundance for all components of the fish population in several lakes, with the goal of estimating changes in fish production since diversion.